According to our key verse for this week, 2 Corinthians 3:17, “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty,” we are set free from the law of sin and death by the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit and made alive through the Gospel of Jesus Christ.Various spiritual nuggets we can gather from our lesson this week in 2 Corinthians 3 include:
- The testimony of changed lives is the strongest evidence of any ministry (verse 3).
- Our sufficiency can only be found in Christ (verse 5). Spurgeon writes, ““Our sufficiency is of God; let us practically enjoy this truth. We are poor, leaking vessels, and the only way for us to keep full is to put our pitcher under the perpetual flow of boundless grace. Then, despite its leakage, the cup will always be full to the brim.”
- In Christ there is freedom from the law (verse 17).
- With the New Covenant (“testament” or “Gospel of Christ”) – verse 18:
- All Believers can come before God;
- All Believers can speak directly to God;
- By spending time in God’s presence we are being changed from glory to glory, from one stage of glory to another; and
- The better we get to know Him, the closer we resemble Him.
1 comment:
What a great verse (2 Cor. 3:17)! I missed your class this week as I was teaching B's Sunday school class, but I heard that you said your wife has been fasting and praying for you. The kids wanted to add that they have been fasting as well (at night and between meals) and that is why they are so skinny!
Seriously, though, the lesson sounds like a good one. God is our judge, and we are but a vessel to show Christ to a lost world.
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